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Masonic Chit-Chat.
the noble earl , though clearly proceeding from the kindest and best motives that any man ' s heart could entertain , yet were entirel y foreign to the question before the house . That question was one in which he hoped the house would unanimously concur . For his own part , he entirely approved of what had fallen from the noble duke with respect to it , and he should give his most cordial vote in favour of the motion . With respect to what had fallen from the noble earl , having had the
honour of holding office under his late Majesty King AVilliam IV ., and the circumstances referred to having then been brought under his notice , he wished it to be understood , that his silence upon this occasion was not to be taken as an assent to the legal doctrine laid down , to his utter astonishment , by his noble friend . Further than this he would only add , that he had the highest respect for his R . oyal Highness , and that nothing would give him more satisfaction or greater joy than anything which could conduce to relieve the distress in which it was stated his friends were involved .
THE case of the Duke of Sussex ' s children , and of his Royal Highness ' s widow , being referred to in the House of Lords , the Duke of AVellington proposed an address in contemplation of the marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge . The case of the Duke of Sussex ' s family presents some difficulty . The elevation to the peerage of the Duchess of Inverness , certainly gave a direct sanction to the royal Duke ' s second marriage , and from that , a reflected sanction to his union
with Lady Augusta Murray ; for , questionless , that union had a higher claim to be considered legitimate than the later engagement . It therefore appears to be too late for the country and the legislature to plead ignorance of the deceased Duke ' s descendants , or of the claims of these descendants , and of his Royal Highness ' s widow . We thought , and we still think , the elevation of the Duchess of Inverness to the peerage , a rash and improper step , but the thing is now irrevocable , and we may
not shrink from its legitimate consequences . AA ' e trust that we shall have no more Morganatic marriages in our Royal Family ; and that we may be exempt from the danger of familiarising a practice repugnant to British feeling , and not very reconcilable with our notions of morality and honour ; we trust that the Royal Marriage Act of George III . ( the one blot upon that good king ' s reign ) may be repealed ; but meanwhile , as we have , though but in the case of one prince , sanctioned an irregular , or rather two irregular marriages , we owe justice to the survivors , who have natural claims under these marriages . —Standard .
AVE are informed that the personal property left by the late Duke of Sussex is considerable , his life having been insured to very large amounts in several offices . The interest of tbe bulk of his property , it is said , has been settled on the Duchess of Inverness ; the principal to revert , on the death of her Grace , to the son and daughter of his former wife . It is also whispered that handsome legacies have been bequeathed to the various charitable institutions of which his Royal Highness was the munificent patron . —Brighton Gazette .
TriE Duke of Sussex was a man of great piety . Few men more diligent and ardent students of the Sacred Volume than his Royal Highness , a considerable portion of every day being set apart for its perusal . His attainments in biblical criticism were very considerable . The Rev .
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Masonic Chit-Chat.
the noble earl , though clearly proceeding from the kindest and best motives that any man ' s heart could entertain , yet were entirel y foreign to the question before the house . That question was one in which he hoped the house would unanimously concur . For his own part , he entirely approved of what had fallen from the noble duke with respect to it , and he should give his most cordial vote in favour of the motion . With respect to what had fallen from the noble earl , having had the
honour of holding office under his late Majesty King AVilliam IV ., and the circumstances referred to having then been brought under his notice , he wished it to be understood , that his silence upon this occasion was not to be taken as an assent to the legal doctrine laid down , to his utter astonishment , by his noble friend . Further than this he would only add , that he had the highest respect for his R . oyal Highness , and that nothing would give him more satisfaction or greater joy than anything which could conduce to relieve the distress in which it was stated his friends were involved .
THE case of the Duke of Sussex ' s children , and of his Royal Highness ' s widow , being referred to in the House of Lords , the Duke of AVellington proposed an address in contemplation of the marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge . The case of the Duke of Sussex ' s family presents some difficulty . The elevation to the peerage of the Duchess of Inverness , certainly gave a direct sanction to the royal Duke ' s second marriage , and from that , a reflected sanction to his union
with Lady Augusta Murray ; for , questionless , that union had a higher claim to be considered legitimate than the later engagement . It therefore appears to be too late for the country and the legislature to plead ignorance of the deceased Duke ' s descendants , or of the claims of these descendants , and of his Royal Highness ' s widow . We thought , and we still think , the elevation of the Duchess of Inverness to the peerage , a rash and improper step , but the thing is now irrevocable , and we may
not shrink from its legitimate consequences . AA ' e trust that we shall have no more Morganatic marriages in our Royal Family ; and that we may be exempt from the danger of familiarising a practice repugnant to British feeling , and not very reconcilable with our notions of morality and honour ; we trust that the Royal Marriage Act of George III . ( the one blot upon that good king ' s reign ) may be repealed ; but meanwhile , as we have , though but in the case of one prince , sanctioned an irregular , or rather two irregular marriages , we owe justice to the survivors , who have natural claims under these marriages . —Standard .
AVE are informed that the personal property left by the late Duke of Sussex is considerable , his life having been insured to very large amounts in several offices . The interest of tbe bulk of his property , it is said , has been settled on the Duchess of Inverness ; the principal to revert , on the death of her Grace , to the son and daughter of his former wife . It is also whispered that handsome legacies have been bequeathed to the various charitable institutions of which his Royal Highness was the munificent patron . —Brighton Gazette .
TriE Duke of Sussex was a man of great piety . Few men more diligent and ardent students of the Sacred Volume than his Royal Highness , a considerable portion of every day being set apart for its perusal . His attainments in biblical criticism were very considerable . The Rev .